Friday, January 28, 2011

Testimonials

“Scott Musgrave is one of those rare individuals who is both a special person and gifted healer.  I’m honored to have him as one of my advanced trained PRRT practitioners.”
John Iams, PT
Founder of Primal Reflex Release Technique



“Scott and his Associative Awareness techniques are second to none!  I experienced immediate and sustained relief from both short-term (car accident) and chronic pain in just one visit.  I am literally a changed individual, both physically and mentally, in just over a month, and am thrilled with the results!  You can’t afford not to visit Scott at Musgrave Wellness & Performance!”
Forever Thankful,
J.B.  Denver, CO


“I had immediate results after just one session with Scott Musgrave.  I came to his office with severe pain in my shoulder and neck (8/10) and when I left my pain was down to a level 2/10!  Scott was very attentive to my needs as I quickly recovered completely over the next few days.  He followed up and made recommendations to help speed up my recovery process.  I wouldn’t hesitate going back to Scott for any future pain relief.”
N.C. Highlands Ranch, CO

“I much appreciated your diligence and enthusiasm in helping determine the cause of my vertigo episodes.  Keep up the good work.  You are a bright spot in a medical world that seems to have little enthusiasm left and is more hurried than interested.”
I.B. Northglenn, CO

“I played the BEST round of golf in my life following a session with Scott.”

J.T. Denver, CO

“I was able to complete a marathon three weeks after injuring my hamstring because of Scott’s amazing treatments.”
N.N. Denver, CO

Sunday, January 23, 2011

A New Approach to Curing Chronic Headaches

The new approach of one Littleton based physical therapist may provide the answer for those of you suffering from chronic headaches.Physical therapist Scott Musgrave performs specialized treatments that focus upon balancing your nervous system and restoring harmony between your body and brain.

Many factors have been identified that can cause headaches including poor posture, tight muscles, stress and muscular weakness. Common complaints of folks who suffer from chronic headaches include constant muscle soreness and tension, jaw pain, eye strain, fatigue, decreased ability to focus and difficulty achieving
relaxation."I believe that one chief cause of chronic headaches lies within an imbalance between the brain and body," said Musgrave. "This imbalance leaves the subconscious brain overly protective and initiates muscular patterns of tightness within the body."

Musgrave adds, "These patterns of muscular tightness often precede the onset of chronic headaches. By utilizing specialized techniques that create a balance between the body and brain, we can quickly correct the patterns of muscular tightness that contribute to the onset of chronic headaches," said Musgrave.
Correcting these patterns can often result in the reduction or elimination of episodic headaches. "The bottom line," said Musgrave "is when we can achieve a balance to the neurological system, the physiological system often falls right into place. Many times this pattern change is all that is required to reset the system and return the body to normal function without pain."

The treatments are gentle and relaxing, taking from 30-minutes to 1-hour depending on the severity of symptoms. Many patients report significant symptom reduction after only 2-to-4 sessions.
"My mission is to achieve more than merely reducing your headaches, but to also educate each of you with self management techniques to re-balance your own nervous systems," said Musgrave. "Only in this way can we navigate our stressful world in balance and not just survive, but begin to actually THRIVE!"

At Musgrave Wellness and Performance, we strive to relieve your headaches quickly and get you back into action by addressing your most powerful tool: your own nervous system.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Peak Performance for Your Golf Game!

Can you hear the faint but unmistakable calling of your golf clubs from the closet? Are your dreams turning to long, straight drives on a sun-laden fairway? 

Spring is just around the corner, and many die-hard golfers are itching at their tees to get out on the course this season. Strolling through a local golf store recently, I realized how many equipment choices are on the market. Hybrid clubs, drivers, putters and wedges galore! The amount of innovative equipment it the sport of golf is staggering; each with a promise of longer, straighter drives, improved ball control or swing perfection.
Asked what would be the most important tool for improving their handicaps, five golfers gave five different answers. One commonality to each response from these golfers was the importance of practicing as much as possible, either on the range, in the backyard or out on the course.

Achieving proper form, function, muscle strength, muscle length, rotational control, timing and muscle memory are all component parts of improving your game. But what do you do to increase your focus and concentration? How can achieving nervous system balance create more focus and concentration? For most people, the answers to these questions are merely raised eyebrows and uncertain silence. However, your nervous system is really the most important tool you possess for improving your golf game!

Let’s break it down. Your brain is in constant, instantaneous communication with your physical body and your body is in constant, instantaneous communication with your brain. Each physical action requires signals from the brain to occur, permission if you will, and each physical motion and sensation report information back to the brain. This constant two lane highway of communication occurs every second of your life, with more bits of data being transferred to and fro simultaneously than any computer driven mechanism conceivable.

We all recognize this fact, but very few people actually learn to apply this information in a beneficial manner.
When an imbalance exists between the neurological (brain) and physiological (body) systems, overall performance suffers. Let me give you an example: You are on the range warming up before a local tournament with your pals. Your swing is smooth and full. Your timing is just right. You feel great. And then, you step up to the first tee box. People are watching. There is a buzz of excitement in the air.

The guy in front of you hit a perfect shot. You approach the ball and tell yourself, “Keep your eye on the ball. Swing easy!” You then proceed to take your backswing, elevate your shoulders, open the club face and miss-hit the ball. Your physical memory of the swinging motion didn’t change, but your ability to access that long practiced muscle pattern did! Sound familiar?
This scenario is a perfect example of how the nervous system can become unbalanced, and then disturb the physiological memory of movement resulting in poor performance.

What can you do to balance your nervous system and optimize your physical performance?

Through a new understanding of the communications between your body and your brain (and vice versa), techniques have been developed that quickly achieve a neurological and physiological balance. These techniques are very passive, very quick and highly effective for most folks!
With proper training, you can learn to implement balancing techniques on a daily basis and begin to live your life with less nervous system reactivity to stress, anxiety, pain, and poorly hit golf balls!

This unique, highly effective approach toward wellness and performance is only available from 100 health care practitioners in the United States.
At Musgrave Wellness and Performance, we strive to achieve optimal physical performance by first addressing your most powerful tool: your own nervous system.

New therapy uses reflexes to rapidly relieve pain


For folks who have tried traditional pain therapies without results, there may be hope in the form of a new treatment approach, called Primal Reflex Release Technique.
The body often reacts reflexively to stress, trauma and pain creating patterns of protection. These persistent protective patterns can undermine all attempts at traditional modes of pain relief, resulting in chronic pain and movement impairment.

A reflex is an automatic and involuntary physiological response that results from the nervous system’s reaction to a stimulus. Through a new understanding of reflexive communications, it is now possible to harness the body’s own reflexes to produce profound relief of a multitude of symptoms. This approach toward wellness and healing produces a harmonious balance between the brain and body resulting in pain relief, optimized human performance, significant relaxation and stress reduction.

Stress dramatically impacts the body’s ability to heal and recover from injury. The American Institute of Stress estimates that 75-90% of all doctor visits are stress-related. By tapping into the body’s own reflexive communications, the balance between the neurological and physiological systems can be quickly and painlessly restored, improving performance at work, home and at play. Dramatic benefits are realized by a majority of patients within one to four sessions.

Littleton based physical therapist, Scott Musgrave, is one of fewer than 100 health care practitioners in the country trained through advanced levels with PRRT.
You won’t find anyone who works harder to help you. At Musgrave Wellness and Performance, we strive to achieve impactful results on every one of your visits by addressing your most powerful tool: your own nervous system.